Christina Applegate: I'm `100 percent' cancer free. Your thoughts?

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Christina Applegate: I'm `100 percent' cancer free

Mon Aug 18, 4:03 PM PDT

Christina Applegate says she has a clean bill of health after undergoing treatment for breast cancer.

"I'm clear," Applegate tells ABC News' "Good Morning America" in an interview airing Tuesday. "Absolutely 100 percent clear and clean. It did not spread. They got everything out, so I'm definitely not going to die from breast cancer."

The actress' publicist, Ame Van Iden, announced earlier this month that Applegate was being treated for the disease after it was detected through a doctor-ordered MRI.

"I was so mad," she says in the "GMA" interview when she first heard the news. "I was just shaking and -- and then also immediately, I had to go into ... `take-care-of-business-mode,' which was ... I asked them, `What do I do now? What -- what is it that I do? I get a doctor, I get a surgeon, I get an oncologist? What do I do?'"

Applegate, 36, says she "immediately made those appointments and immediately called around for ... someone to start teaching me how to live macrobiotically." She was referring to following a healthy diet of fish, grains, beans and vegetables, and avoiding processed foods.

The actress, whose mother battled breast cancer, says she began getting mammograms at the age of 30.

Applegate is scheduled to appear on a one-hour TV special, "Stand Up to Cancer," to be aired on ABC, CBS and NBC on Sept. 5 to raise funds for cancer research.

She has been nominated for an Emmy and a Golden Globe for the ABC show "Samantha Who?", in which she plays a woman who wakes from a coma with no memory of who she is.

Answer 1

I haven't actually heard of her, but I'm glad she has no evidence of cancer.

But NO doctor will have told her that she is '100% cancer-free' and no doctor will have told her that she is 'definitely not going to die from breast cancer'. Sorry but she has misinterpreted what her doctors said, or (more likely) the media has misinterpreted what she said.

There is no all-clear for breast cancer. Statistically the chances of recurrence or metastasis are less after 5 years and are subsequently reduced as time passes.

But breast cancer can return at any time, even many years after treatment. The most that doctors will tell you is that there is currently 'no evidence of disease' or NED (my favourite word).

I wish Ms Applegate a long, healthy, cancer-free life; I wish the same to anyone who has been struck by this filthy disease. But like everyone who has had breast cancer, she can't be guaranteed that.

Answer 2

I agree with lo mc, there is no way the doctors would have told her she is cancer free. She currently has no cancer cells that are detectable with current scanning devices. I do wish her the best, she played a dumb blonde on TV but really appears to be a great person. Of course there are many actress's that play smart people on TV but are dumb as h**l in real life.

Answer 3

who cares live your own life and not worry about some dumb celebrity...

Answer 4

She's not only hot....She's classy!  Kudos to her!  Here's to Christina and many more years of health!

Now gimme best answer, 5 stars, and 10 more points.

Answer 5

     I hope it's true, and I applaud her positive attitude.  With cancer treatments, often it's that kind of attitude that can make a difference.